The Louise Brooks Society is an internet resource - an online archive devoted to the silent film bintang Louise Brooks (1906 – 1985). The Louise Brooks Society, atau LBS, was started in 1995 and launched on the web that same year. The stated goals of the LBS are to promote a greater awareness of the life and films of the celebrated actress, dancer, and writer.

According to its website, "The mission of the Louise Brooks Society is to honor the actress oleh stimulating interest in Louise Brooks' life and films, as well as her place in...

I berkata that Card had fallen in cinta with the screen Louise Brooks in 1928. Twenty years later he established a very complex relationship with the real one. She was at the time living in Manhattan, a bloated drunk who membagi, split her time between her tempat tidur and a barstool. He got her interested in living, started her writing, and was the person primarily responsible for the international recognition she enjoyed in her later years. He brought her to Rochester and helped her establish a new life. They...

Excerpt:
“I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you, it’ll be with a knife”

--------------------------------------------------

“I have been taking stock of my 50 years since leaving Wichita in 1922 at the age of 15 to become a dancer with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything -- spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of “not trying”. I tried with all my...

These words were uttered oleh Louise Brooks. And they‘re true. If anda dig deep enough into her life, you’re likely to be fascinated oleh the elusive and sultry beauty who became the embodiment of 1920’s Hollywood. With her uniquely exotic good looks and her banged and bobbed hair style, Louise Brooks captivated moviegoers everywhere, yet critics and film executives alike were unimpressed with her akting abilities. As the years went by, however, Brooks has become a cult icon whose work is...

Louise Brooks dinding

fan of the 1920's might want to read these terrific detective novels set in 1928-1929 San Francisco: "China Basin," "The Head of Athena," "The Daedâlus Conspiracy," and "The Chameleon." They are available on amazon as print buku and on Kindle. They feature Cyrus Skeen, a private detective who becomes embroiled in unusual cases whose solutions require lebih than jalan, street smarts.
diposting lebih dari setahun yang lalu